A collection of essays which tackles various issues at play in the current neuroscientific, psychological and philosophical research on emotions. The authors discuss such topics as the role of amygdala in the emergence of emotions, the place of the affect within the psychological construction of the agent, insights from the research on emotions in animals or the relation between emotions, rationality, morality, and law. Furthermore, various conceptual controversies underlying the empirical studies on emotions are considered. Contents: Table of Contents Jacek Debiec, Michael Heller, Bartosz Brozek, Joseph LeDoux Introduction.................................................................................... 7
Part I Joseph LeDoux Rethinking the Emotional Brain .......................................................... 13
Regina M. Sullivan, Margo S. Landers Development of the Emotional Brain and Infant Attachment: Lessons from an Animal Model........................................................... 85
M. Justin Kim, Rebecca A. Loucks, Amy L. Palmer, Annemarie C. Brown, Kimberly M. Solomon, Ashley N. Marchante, Paul J. Whalen The Structural and Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala: From Normal Emotion to Pathological Anxiety.................................... 113
Jacek Debiec The Matter of Emotions: Toward the Brain-Based Theory of Emotions.... 145
Bram T. Heerebout, R. Hans Phaf Good Vibrations Switch Attention. An Affective Function for Network Oscillations in Evolutionary Simulations.............................................. 163 Part II Nico H. Frijda Impulsive Action and Impulse Control................................................. 199
James A. Russell Emotion, Core Affect, and Psychological Construction ......................... 223 Part III
Lukasz Kurek Some Remarks on the Relevance of the Concept of Emotion.................. 259
Mateusz Hohol, Piotr Urbanczyk Some Remarks on Embodied-Embedded Social Cognition..................... 279
Wojciech Zaluski Emotions and Rationality................................................................... 303
Bartosz Brozek Morality, Law and Emotions............................................................... 319
Dominika Dudek Madness or Brain Disorders. From Dualism towards Integration............. 349 |